>>415
i guess its important to acknowledge those feelings and if someone uses them here, bitch slap them. i've felt cynical after everything that went down over the years but to be honest i shouldn't have let it affect me or my postings. i felt like i've been edgy and sometimes i question the tone of what i post and maybe its a good wake up call. as for oc there's a few projects here i've been waiting for. i understand your talking about other sites and the behaviour of other imageboard users but i'm reminded of myself and i'd hate to drag the community down. although i have to say those "comfy laid back sites" have terrible shit happen to them and it would be hard to recover from that mentally. imagine a dude buying your site out or getting taken over by another culture or something like that instead of people leaving you alone. some altchan admins are actual monsters and others haven't the means of actually moderating or fostering a community.
but yeah people are also real niggers and the only defence against that is to talk about it and be aware and hope others can do the same. i guess altchans are fucked too and its hard to grow a community bacl if people leave, and when it comes down to oc its best to be spontaneous, make a thread or make art and just do it.

>>415
I can't help but resent people who complain about the current state of the internet because, most of the time, they don't post stuff they would like to see. They are waiting for a more logical community while being a drifter. It is almost like they want us to Astroturf a community for us to be worthy of their time. A truly laid-back community is welcoming of people who belong in the community. A part of feeling welcome is helping each other in the community, and some people who join Altchan only want to complain and not create anything that is a true alternative. It is almost like they've accepted that they will never be happy with an internet community. Only creating and supporting content you like will allow what you like to stay alive.

>>416
>hard to grow a community bacl if people leave
That is the issue because it seems like there is always a laundry list of requirements for altchans for more people to post or invest time to lurk on the board. Most of the anons who set these standards just go back to 4chan while simultaneously hating it. It is impossible to have a conversation if you refuse to participate, and the steep standards a lot of anons have made it really difficult for an altchan to get off the ground unless it takes the throwing shid at the wall.

>>418
What if I'm simply not capable of posting the type of stuff I would like to see? I'm a boring person with little to talk about, dumb worthless takes and I'm too untalanted/uncreative for decent OC. Looking back at my posts, I doubt I'd enjoy reading most of them if I were someone else.

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>>425
I'm curious about your perspective. It sounds like you're describing yourself as if you're (literally) brain-damaged and physically incapable of even trying to become a more interesting person. But, most likely, that's not true, and you're just feeding yourself this demotivating bullshit every day. You're on an imageboard that provides a vast amount of topics for serious or non-serious discussion, as long as it doesn't break the rules. There are countless posts here that can serve as inspiration.

You claim you're too untalented and uncreative to make OC, but how do you even know that without even attempting and reaching out? It's not like everyone who started making OC was already filled with creativity and talent from the get-go. Don't limit yourself to one genre or style; explore new and old, good and bad. Break free from the repetitive, mind-numbing garbage that you might find yourself stuck in. Your environment (in general, not limited to creative) plays a major role in your work ethic and attitude. Don't hang around mediocre people, just look at the social environment curated on 22chan, as a general example.

For more concrete examples on 22chan, take a look at the Rigasaurus Rex thread on /sewers/ the drawings look like it was done by a three-year-old, yet it's considered to be one of the more interesting threads on /sewers/ like not a single person on here is telling you to draw like some professional artist; if you are not confident you can ask for feedback on how to improve. If you're wondering what to do specifically on 22chan, as someone else mentioned, there are even some more interesting community projects coming up to which everyone might be able to contribute to. What is something you wish was on here, but just isn't? And hell on /vg/ you can even find a guide someone wrote for 22chan on how to make Gunsync videos that takes you step-by-step through the process if you are interested in that and even if you aren't have you even tried getting interested in it?

If money or cost is concerned, we are at a much better time than ever, so many free and open source software tools you can use to practice and exercise your creative muscle. Krita, Blender, Inkscape, GIMP, etc. and then there's also this >>>/b/1239/#1239 Hell, you can just get a paper and pencil and just try to use reference images and try your unique interpretation and build off from there if you're not interested in using digital tools and workflow, or don't think you're ready yet. You've been doing that since you were in kindergarten, hopefully.

Your options are vast, so explore them. Do whatever it takes to become a more interesting person and make the most of your time, whether you spend it in your room or elsewhere. You could read manga, comics, or novels, watch anime and films, engage in creative hobbies like drawing, painting, or writing, play video games or board games, produce music or play an instrument, try your hand at 3D modeling and digital art, or make and edit videos. Then, share your experiences and creations with the community. Use that as a stepping stone for making experimenting or creating your own content. Get inspired, and get drawing/crafting/experimenting. Right now. We're here to give feedback if you're at least willing to try and accept criticism on how to better your craft.

>>425
>>425
I think you are putting yourself down for no good reason. If you are insecure about your ability to make good posts, practice made me more competent in my experience. Use your anonymity to detach yourself from posts that embarrass you if you want to improve your post quality. Again, practice makes perfect, and if you want to post something, there is no reason to worry unless you are trying to break the rules. Rome was not built in a day, and personally, the more active posters there are the merrier.

>>426
>>427
I agree with you that to become more interesting I could spend more time on any of the activities that you mention. Arguably however, two of the most important qualities in imageboards, humor and inventiveness, can hardly be improved. A lot of it comes down to your genes and upbringing. Also it's not stuff you can easily practice because you can't force it to happen. But my main problem is a weird and personal one:

I spend most of my waking hours procrastinating the studying I'm supposed to be doing for university. During this time I feel too guilty to do anything other than watching youtube, browsing 4chan or other crap like that. In my mind, if I sit down and watch a movie I'm "choosing" not to study. If instead I watch a youtube video I'm "getting distracted" instead. In the end, either way I study very, very little.
There's a degree of mental delusion to this of course, but also it's something deeply ingrained into me since childhood. When I was a kid, I'd get scolded for playing videogames instead of doing my homework. But I could always sit at my desk for hours on end playing with my pencils pretending to study, my parents couldn't do anything about that.
Anyway, last semester at uni went unprecedentedly poorly, so now I've effectively quit any hobbies I had. How can I give myself breaks when I never work to begin with? How can I spend my time and effort learning something that isn't my university stuff? I have feelings of anxiety and guilt looming over me at all times.

But I could argue that everybody has different reasons for sucking. I might have this weird delusional thing going on, but it is a widely known fact that most people are mediocre, and 90% of everything is shit (Sturgeon's law). When it comes to problems of any kind, everybody's always eager to blame other people; nobody seems to ever entertain the thought that maybe they themselves are part of the problem. And yet somebody must be, otherwise there wouldn't be a problem in the first place!
I don't condemn this line of thinking though. After all, if you believe that you are doing something wrong, you'll simply stop doing it, right? So it's only natural that everybody's always convinced they are doing the right thing and are entirely innocent.
But doesn't this all mean that it is extremely likely that right now you are doing a lot of things wrong or in a bad way, and are simply unaware of it? And if there is some problem, is it not likely that you're contributing to it, or at least failing at making things better?
To be fair, it's not very useful to worry about pointless crap like this. You should just try your best and forget it, right? But this is how I see things. I'm often inclined to blame myself.

Anyway, I do try to make OC, share interesting things that I find (we should really remake that "share a link" thread. It was really good on the old site) and discuss things that I watch/play/read. Despite posting for years now I don't think my output is good, but maybe I am putting myself down unfairly. I've also come to think that people end up in the communities they deserve. I could be doing worse I suppose.

>>433
fug. r u me??